FirstBank

Headquartered in Lakewood, CO$29.4B in assetsFounded 1963Data: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans: 8
Approved: $16M
Median deal: $907,500
Median rate: 7.74%

Loans per fiscal year

FY2026 is partial: 0 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal year	Loans
FY2020	3
FY2021	4
FY2022	2
FY2023	5
FY2024	3
FY2025	8
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)	0

How they lend

Across 8 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 25 (26.6%)Other purposes 69 (73.4%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 94 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 25 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 12.50%Fixed 87.50%

Middle half of rates: 7.50% to 8.60%
Median term: 120 months
Collateral reported: 100.00% of loans
Sold on the secondary market: 0.00% of loans
Franchise loans: 12.50% of loans

Processing method

Preferred Lenders Program		87.50%
7a General		12.50%

SBA processing-method labels as they appear in the loan file, as shares of this lender’s window loans.

What they fund

Industries and deal sizes across 8 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Top industries

Construction		25.00%
Manufacturing		25.00%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services		25.00%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services		12.50%
Educational Services		12.50%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 0.00%$350K to $1M 50.00%$1M to $3.5M 25.00%$3.5M+ 25.00%

Sectors from each loan’s NAICS code; deal sizes from gross approval amounts. Window loans only.

Where they lend

Top states by this lender’s change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Colorado6 loans
Arizona1 loan
Georgia1 loan

Grouped by ProjectState. State names link to the state lender pages where one exists.

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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change-of-ownership loans for FirstBank. Window stats cover FY2025 to FY2026 Q3, as of June 30, 2026, and refresh with each quarterly cut. Rates and rate quartiles are the rates at approval. Website, headquarters, assets, founding year, and office count come from the FDIC BankFind Suite API and, for credit unions, the NCUA Credit Union Locator (public US government data). Methodology. See an error? Email us and we will correct it.